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Coimbatarao Gopinath

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Coimbatarao Doraikannu Gopinath

Born: 1 March 1930, Madras (now Chennai)
Major Teams: Madras, India.
Known As: Coimbatarao Gopinath
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break, Right Arm Medium


Test Debut: India v England at Bombay, 2nd Test, 1951/52
Last Test:
India v Australia at Calcutta, 5th Test, 1959/60

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    8   12   1   242   50*  22.00   0   1    2   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               8      2    11    1  11.00  1-11    0   0  48.0  1.37

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1949/50 - 1962/63)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100s   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   83  119  18  4259  234   42.16    9   50   0

                       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10
Bowling              389   14  27.78  3-15    0   0

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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A stylist with a wide range of strokes, CD Gopinath's Test record was not in keeping with his reputation as one of the leading run scorers in first class cricket. He made an impressive debut when in his first Test against England in 1951-52 he scored 50 not out and 42. The first was a classy knock full of flowing strokes while the second was a fighting effort, scored when Indian wickets were falling fast. Again in the final Test at Madras he did well scoring 35 and helping Polly Umrigar add 93 runs for the seventh wicket. Thereafter he was more out of than in the team, predominently because of a poor tour of England in 1952. He fared much better on the tour of Pakistan in 1954-55 averaging 58.33 in all first class games. Brought back against Australia at Calcutta in 1959-60, he was top scorer with 39 in the first innings. But that was his swan song.

In the Ranji Trophy however Gopinath remained a heavy scorer finishing with 2349 runs (51.06) with a highest score of 234 against Mysore in 1958-59. One of his finest innings was 175 for South Zone against the visiting New Zealanders in 1955-56. He captained Madras for several years. He had a comparatively short first class career due to business commitments but in the seventies re-emerged as chairman of the national selection committee and in 1979 he managed the Indian team which toured England.(Partab Ramchand)


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